The majestic and historic Slane Castle sits on a hill above the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland, about 30 miles away from Dublin.
The current Georgian mansion was built in 1785 by the Conyngham family who replaced an earlier fortified structure that had stood on the estate since the 15th century.
Overlooking the Boyne Valley, the estate is one with the other Irish historical sites including the Hill of Slane and the nearby battlefield where the Battle of the Boyne took place in 1690 between Protestant King William III and Catholic King James II for the British throne. When William proved victorious it secured Protestant rule in Ireland and forced James II’s to exile in France.
The grounds stretch over 1,500 acres and the mansion made of local limestone measures roughly 50,000 square feet. For centuries it was merely residential but in the 1980s a hero emerged.
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